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Industry Department delegation to visit China

An Industry Department delegation, led by the Director-General of Industry, Miss Denise Yue, leaves today (Sunday) for a four-day visit to Zhuhai and Zhongshan.

In Zhuhai, the delegation will meet municipal officials from the Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, the Planning Commission and the Commission of Industry.

It will also visit the High and New Technology Development Zone in Zhuhai's Western District, Zhuhai Port and a number of local and joint-venture enterprises.

In Zhongshan, the delegation will receive briefings from municipal officials on the city's economic and industrial development. It will visit the Zhongshan Advanced High and New Technology Industrial Development Zone, an industrial products exhibition and various factories in the electronics, textile and plastics sectors.

Pointing to the increasingly close economic relationship between Hong Kong and China, Miss Yue said: "Regular contacts with Chinese officials and enterprises are very useful as they help to foster a better understanding between the two places."

End/Sunday, December 11, 1994

Job bazaar for retrainees

The Labour Department will organise a job bazaar at the City Hall on Friday (December 16) to facilitate workers affected by economic restructuring, including retrainees, to find jobs.

Organised by the department's Local Employment Service (LES) and sponsored by the Employees Retraining Board (ERB), the bazaar will provide an opportunity for employers and potential employees to discuss job vacancies and employment conditions in the trades concerned.

Senior Labour Officer (Employment Services) Mr Raymond Chan said today (Sunday) a total of 17 employers from different trades including catering, supermarket, department store, communications, hotel and property management would be participating in the bazaar.